By WMBD-TV SPRINGFIELD – On Tuesday, the Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force held its first meeting in Springfield. The purpose of the task force is to create a cohesive statewide history of the Underground Railroad within the state. The task force was created last year through Senate Bill 1623. State Senator Dave Koehler introduced the…… MORE
A new professional hockey team is coming to the City of Bloomington.… MORE
A New Year’s Eve airlift of more than 300 migrants, landing at the airport in Rockford, is cause for concern to four Republicans who represent that area.… MORE
The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) has approved Illinois State University’s College of Engineering programs and the new School of Creative Technologies, the school announced Tuesday.… MORE
A 73-year-old Bloomington man died in a car crash in Springfield early Tuesday morning.… MORE
By WMBD-TV PEKIN – A 17-year-old Mackinaw girl pleaded guilty Tuesday to allegations she conspired with others to have her parents murdered. Dahlia Bolin, 17, appeared in Tazewell County Circuit Court, wearing a pink hoodie and leading a service dog into the third-floor courtroom. She said little during the 45-minute hearing other than to answer…… MORE
By WMBD-TV PEKIN – A Morton man was sentenced to 66 years in prison Tuesday for his part in a murder-for-hire scheme that left a rural Mackinaw woman dead and her husband seriously injured. Nathaniel Maloney, 20, appeared in Tazewell County Circuit Court and pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and conspiracy…… MORE
Martin Luther King Jr. day marked a day of giving back in McLean County. … MORE
A McLean County man stands accused of multiple domestic battery charges after allegedly pushing his girlfriend down their stairs.… MORE
Bloomington-Normal’s public transit authority has announced they will temporarily remove peak service frequency from several of its routes starting Monday, Jan. 15.… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…